Monmouth Academy - Amaracus Yearbook (Monmouth, ME)

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THE AMARACUS xou sent me to the Bw House Kon re ffomg for a r1de xou rat' Chase reahzes that he must thmk quxcklx X plan mstantlx forms IH h1s rnnnd Qoollv 1'1S1Ilg he nonchalantlx 1lIfl1lI'C9 Hue 1 elgar Ionx P 'I onx lccepts xx ltlh '1 sneer Ilns elf tr lg a tr1ck clffar made for the practlcal Joker It looks no dlffer ent from other cwars except for a tlnn red band near the end xx l'l1Cl'l for ltunatelx IS not notlced by Tonx VVhen the clgar burns to tlns mark lt explodes mstantlx Chase sparr1ng for tlme asks Max I get mv coat? It s k1nd o ch1llx tonwht and I xx ant to be com fortable on tlns r1de O Is Tonx repl1es You ll do xx ell to enjoxf lt It s the last that you ll ex er go on He keeps lns exe hoxxever, on Chase Chase knoxxs lf he makes a false moxe that he d1es He walks the eoat rack and Vk1l1l'lOl1t to do so xxatehes the clgar He comes sloxxlx blck xx 1th under h1s 'lrm Xs he ap lonx the Hame re xehes the red band Dropplng lns coat, l sprmffs for the gun 1ust as the clgar explodes Tonx completelx caught off guard offers l1ttle I'SN1St2l11CC The tables are turned Chase holds the gun on Tony and suddenlx IS surpr1sed to hear someone calhng Robert' Robert' u denlx also the form of Tonv changes to that of hls mother and he Ends hlm self po1nt1ng lns pencll at her saylng Keep em up' Keep em up you crook' He 15 agam a lngh school box one who stayed up a l1ttle too late James C1lC1'lC'V 34 over tr seennnff xntentlx 1119 coat pro tehes BOB MARTIN S PLAN LEI P xx as 1mposs1ble for Bob Martnn It xx as not the noxse of the occas1onal burstmg of shells from fthe German entrenchment 1n Bax ou XX oods that kept lnm axxake It xx as the suspense Thex had been xx 'ntmff noxx for three d txs xx h1ch seemed l1ke as manx xears X laroe number of German sold1ers xxere eneamped m a nearbx xx oods German smpers xx ere plfllilllg off message bearers and xx hat kmerlcan sold1ers appeared outs1de the trenches xx 1th monotonous regular1tx Xn attack from the enemx xx as 1n ex ltable If onlx the Xmerlcans knexv xx hen It xxas commg thex xxould be prepared and ln all probablhtx dr1xe them back The success of the Ger mans lax rn the suddenness of the attack Bob felt as 1f he must do some tnng It he stax ed 1nact1ve much longer he xxould be 1 nervous xx reck XX 'unnv untml the sentrx marched doxxn to the other end of lns post Bob clnnbed N-llCIltlX out of the trench He craxx led sloxx lx under the eox er of darkness toxx ard the enemv He 111 tended to get '1 soux en1r for the mem orable OCC3b1OI1 and return He had proceeded about txxo hun dred xards xx hen he came upon xx hat appeared to be a dead sold1er Upon close CXELHTIIIHUOII Bob saxx that lt xx as a German officer He 1ntended to take a button from the German s coat and hurry back to the trenches Suddenly a low moan escaped from the Germans l1ps I startled Bob but he knew the German xx as helpless 111 h1s present condxtlon He turned to go, xvar was no place for p1tx and compasslon Suddenlv a , z - v 9 ' . , b . 7 a ,- - , my I , - - br x d . , , ,v I c 5 , . , s 1 si g C Y Y ' ' ff v s' ' ' , 7 V ' , V , 1 .. e . , 1 . f . B 7 2 v- I s 1 -A V C fc I . y ad I in p 1 p ' - I 4 6 gm ., b , c ' cg I . N . V W . bf y A L 6 C . Y . - v Q . v V 7 1 ' Y . . T V . Q Y . . 1 1 , .- 1 , ' , , I 7 . . . , v v r I '- u Y a - f 7 Y - J u ' A , . - v Y ' , - zs , ' . -I . . ,, . . , - Y , , , . , 1 U v ,, Y . H , . . . 7 . Y . ., 1 . 1 . . , -K n . - y n - , N , 1 D 1 Y ' v y y 1 y ' 4 . . , 1 f 'I . 1 - I K 1 , , - - - C v 6 v f L N Y ,l . v X . X, . . . . 6 , 1 . 4 b . C ' . V , , V , , - ,' . . ' - v . . ' e , ls L x .si I . A, xx - I , :I V . s 'B x 4 . v , c e ' . iv, , I 4 . I e IC e ' '.', ' . - ., . - Y , A e U. ' . e . h 1 ., ' r r -I . . 1, M . ' Q 1 r - , x . , . e ' Y Y . . I Y . ' r - as rs S d , , . . . Y N . . . , . , U , cc 1 1 s - t . , . ' 1 - - - r v i . . . . . f, . , . . I 7 - 1' ' , ' 1

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T'H I A LIA.R A.C L S nf! '31 AMX if X ff Qsfjxivk ff! 'gn' X he f NX. X 5: I lub-1s '-1131157 .21 ,H I' Q Q' 6 f' ' 0:6 e IH OH 'I 4' .ua-1' ROBERT S STORY OI I RI LH NSI 1 lllffll scl1ool student xxas studx111ff ll'lLll1StI'1 ouslx o11 tl1e next dax s ICSSOIIS He l1ad just l1111sl1ed h1s Ldtlll and xxas concentratlnff on l11s Geometrx lesso11 He looked up at the clock It xx as quarter past te11 Tune l1e got started on h1s sI1ort storx tor EIIUIISII tornor roxx l1e thouffht to lnmself Vxfhat a Z3 Job th'1t xx ls 6111110 to be' He hac '11 elllx lxllltl a11d noxx a short storx xx IS ex en 111ore fllll1Llllt because It I1 1d to he or101111 It he eouc on x tlllll o 'L 1 e x 1xx net 1111 lookec It clock 11 l1e could o11Ix go to bed Lut no lt must he Llillle 111 t1111e to pass 111 tomorroxx atternoon He thought to h1mseIt IX hat xx1ll t1e t1tle be NX l1at shall I xx r1te about X sea storx xx here tl1e hero Gets sl11pxx reeked SXXIITIS ashore to some IQIZIIICI 1nd ls IIIZITOUIICKI tl1ere xx1tI1 tl1e sax ages for rnanx xears 'No tI1at xxould 11ex er do It xx as too much I1kc IQUIJIIISUII Lrusoe It must he Slllllifflllllff n1ore UI'10'11l 1l X 111x sterx storx 1 NX estern storx a mounted pol1ce storx ' No those xx ould 11ex er df If he had onlx started 1t a xx eek affo xx hen tl1e teacher I'1Otll:1CCl them of It 1nstead ot xx a1t1ng t1l1 the last thmfr Darn tl1e tl111'10' anx xx ax I It he could onlx go to bed and get some sleep He Imec une droxx sx and lllS l1e 1d be ff 1 to ll I XX l1e11 l1e h'1d almost dropped oft to sleep l1e jerked l11s head Llp and looked around Xxltll 1 start Ihen he reahzed xx l1ere l1e xx as ant tl11t l1e had to fret that story xxr1tten He thought and tl1Ol12,Tl1t and thought a11d as the hands ot tl1e clock shoxx ed that It xx as halt past elex en, 11s 1ead crooped 11221111 Xgam l1e storx 11111st he done IIC nnght xx r1te a storx 11s111f1 lns oxx I1 ll une lllfl nnag llllllff lll'llSC,ll IC hero lt xx lx . 11 Cl Robert Lhase CYIITIIIYII 111xest1gator s1ts 111 Ins office, iIHOlx11lg a twenty Hve C611 e1qar e 1s '1 IIIIICCI 11 a11 hunter 1nd has solx ed manx cases that haxe ballled the leadnw detect1xes of the co1111trx Ihe door ot I11s office ls stealtlnlx opened a11d Ill xx 1lks Tonx the Greek, 1 IIUIUYIULIS ff 1110 le1der xxl1f111 Lhase 1111 sent to 1JI'1SUll hxe xears ago Ie If cs 1 1111 Ill Ins Ildllfl a11d the oo lll Ins exes clnlls LIIISCS l1e 1rt xx tl terror NI'1sk1nff h1s fear l1e casuallx asks Hoxx are xou Tonx XX hat can I do for xou Llsten me' Xou k11oxx xxl1at I I'I1 here tor' It s xo11 I sxxore to get xou xx 1en Chase do11t trx to k1d 2 , ' f 9 .ss 1 he X op? QQ 7 3, f'3f,e,j ' , pl!! X , I F iq- -K it 'le pb J X ' I flf. , fx K ,1- X Qlit- 'fu-f ,o fi Xx, 77 7 ,,-se,1ee gf' fx 1' 1 I 1 ,. 4, . - .. p no , N Ah., . xr ' An' .Q I Qaf'Q.L 5 V' L fw-ws,-L -74 my 7 ?'.,L. Fi' 'Q cr: , P i .. ., , . ' 1 I 7 ' , , ' ' . , A , - ., 4 b , hell UC . 1 K. ' , 5 H. b L. - , 1 x , V , , , tb I b a' I . c I 2 D ' I 5 I I 'f .Y ts ' ' 'Q ' 5 ' . 'zgb 5 , '. - lf- lf l ' I 'K . 1 j ways d1sl1ked to xx'r1te CKJIHPOSIIIUIIS ot woke up, to the reaI1zat1o11 that tl1e A ' ' 1, ' 5 5 A' 5 ' 2 zz ' - 5 zl. 1 2 II lj k f . 5 I tl , Ihz '13 '111 ttlg l1e Q: ' xl: I 'Ir tl1e lr. ' ' 'i . t 'k . II C z 1' - 1 , 7 7 7 6 . . 5, f - S . ' , ' 1 5 1 ' ' 1' , ' : 5 1 J 3 3 2 ' ' 5 1' V' V' 1 , z 3 ba 2, 2 , ' 1 f , . ., I Y.: 1 2 lb., K. .A '- . b. ,K I P 1 ' 3 I' g' 1. 5 l 111: 2 g ' ' , 1 I' k . 5 5 2 . 1 1 H' 5 ' 3 I zq - 3 -2 '1l .1 iv, e if x . 17, I . . ,, , 7 7 ' 7 7 7 , 1 'v b I ' . . . . Y . . . . H .H , 1 . v 7. . b. , . ., , I t O 'I I tv. - I Y I I .

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T l ANIAR-XCLS plan flashed through Ins mmd Tak 111g the officers belt he fxstened If around the felloxx s legs md crxxvhng on lns hands and knees to 1xo1d detec tlon proceeded to drxff lnm back to the trenches It xx as no easx task to brxng h1m 1nto camp but at last he arrlxed H nnmedlatelx xvolxe the captam and told llllll h1s plan If It xx ere not suc cessful he knew he would be court mart1aled for leaxmg the trenches The captam d1d not have much fa1th IH It but xx as Xxllllflg to trx anx thmff under the czrcumstances The German xx as taken to the first a1d department and a surgeon was called Lpon examlnatlon a bullet xx as found to be lodged 111 lns r1ght shoulder The surffeon xxas to g1VC ex erx German xxas luclxx enough to b treated so xx ell but there xx as a reason Xn 3xmer1can officer xx ho spoke German fluently xxas called 1n to re ma1n xx 1th the pr1soner after the oper atlon unt1l he should regain COIISCIOLIS ness X fexx hours later st1ll under the IU fluence ot the anesthetxc the pr1soner began to tallx He murmured th xt he must get back to camp to prepare for the attack xvhlch xxas to come very earlx the nexct morrnnff Ihe commander xx as notlfaed of th1s mformatron Immedlate preparauons for the attack xxere begun XX hen It came the Germans xxere easllx re pulsed belng g1xen a xxarm receptlon bx machme guns As for Bob he xxas g1xen not a court martral but a promouon to heu tenant for h1s promnnent part na the v1ctorx Preston Clark '31 TO BE OR NOT TO BE ILII XRD xx lllxed Xxltll lagffuag steps toxx ard the old xx h lrt Ihe xx ater lxpped drear1lx lgamst the rotten tlIIll7CI's as though hungrx for lns xouthful dxnmnc body hungry for lns hfe He paused at the edge He remem bered hearmg that just before xou d1e, the exents of xour hfe pass before xou He saxx lumself as a youngster a dexll max care box xxho nexer started 1 laght but nexer hes1tated to defend h1s xouthful rlffhts then he remembered Ins dax s at college popu lar1tx glxffll to a great football star, Nancx the co ed thxt h 1d rumed lns 1 e Xnd noxv the latest cxtastrophe He remembered lus need of l1lV1Ilg 1 mfr lv 1 cerlx IH a bank e monex came hard Then he had the 1dea ot t'lklII0 a fexx bank funds Tlns had xxorked tor a tlme but to nrght he lxnexx he had been dlscovered bx the boolxkeeper Suddenly he started and fflanced about lnm He remembered lns ZIUC mfr mother xxho had so much fa1tl1 na her onlx son Should I end It all? he mused She xxould rather haxc me stax and i xce the consequences Xnd Nancy She also xx ould rather that I xx ould stax She reallx lox ed me and It xxas not her fault that I stole he sa1d thouffhtfullv Suddenlx lns shoulders stra1ght ened X xx elght hfted from his chest and the xx ater noxx seemed to be say mfr F1ght Flghtl Stax Do not talxe the coxx ard s xx ax out H Q . A , , 11 , -g - as so 1 b - x - 'Q , :Q ' ' .I 'z ' 'I . g gi, 2 ' 2 I f 5 5 '. x f z I. 1. ' - zf' - II '. 2 I , ' ag I . ' ' ' .3 . ' g U' '. - i' , v' z I ', I , ' ' . e I . . - . . - . v - v Q -V . C -1-1 V A v ve ' x' - iv' . -C v I K C , . Y- I v' - KJ- ,' Y , . ' f j j ,, ' Q t, : . - . -'Q 1 Z - Ic I c I -I VI I c 1. . c I .I , II. - z z ' ' . . I ' . 'A . l'fx the man ether and remove it. Not money to give Nancy a good time. ' ,' C ' 5 YT be I'e' g on 1' z l ' I I . ', th - I I C I b K v C n I I I c I I- ' I c I . I C Y I I ' I Y v C I. ,. . C. . - Y, C C .O Q C I . b - A I 1 I' 6 I , I L 1 at ' I I I ' H b C I- C L. C . 1 . , . V V ff I , . , V, - v . K 5 K 1 V CY' C r - v I v -7 X 1 1 97 c -I 4 I b. .' LI: I I. ,, I ' U . , C 1 C ' 1 C I I . Ic I T S L'I. K c 'I I 1 v f - ' Y :J - - f J s l I ,Y ' 13 , - 7 v If ,Iv S - . , ' . I I I Ic I V' - y - , . . ,, . . v 7 - , , V , ':' ,c ' , , U J. , . - .